A misread of the schedule had us incorrectly at Titahi Bay last Wednesday.  However, as the walk was cancelled we end up correctly back on schedule. Thus we still head to Titahi Bay for this week’s three walks; so no traffic problems expected.  The SS and FF walks are variations of walks done in the past.  The PP walk is one we have done previously. However all three walks do not use the coastal tracks we use most often when walking in Titahi Bay, but instead keep to the beach, a couple of tracks and residential streets.  Also all three walks do not use our usual parking at the Rowing Club, but instead use the parking at the northern end of Main Road where it turns into Bay Drive.  These walks will start at 9:20am from the designated starting point which is the parking area in Bay Drive, Titahi Bay.  A link to a plan of the general parking area is included under the parking heading.

PP:  A 4.94km loop walk including the beach (or the track above the beach) and quite a few of the residential streets of Titahi Bay.  There are no major climbs and there are shortcuts if needed.   You can see the walk here.

SS:  A 6.79km loop that does include some climbs but nothing too steep.  It does include the beach (or the track above), then a track through some scrubby bush and then back through a maze of residential streets back to the carpark. Don’t you dare take the obvious shortcuts!  You can see the walk here.

FF:  A 7.73km loop walk similar to a reverse of the SS walk but also covers more ground. You can see the walk on Mapometer here and on Plotaroute here.

Parking: Parking for all three groups is in the carpark at the northern end of Main Road where it turns into Bay Drive.  There are quite a few marked angle parks which will probably need to be supplemented by kerbside parking on the nearby streets.  A map of the general parking areas can be seen here.

Coffee:  Coffee for all three groups is Columbus Coffee at Mitre 10 Mega, Porirua.  They cope with us very well.